Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 16.89% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 31.35%. Currently, Marathon Petroleum has a market capitalization of $59.87 billion. Buying $1000 In MPC: If an investor had bought $1000 of MPC stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,815.31 today based on a price of $178.90 for MPC at the time of writing. Marathon Petroleum’s Performance Over Last 5 YearsFinally — what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can…